SB 22-079

Senate Bill 22-079, which has been signed into law, requires nursing care facilities, assisted living residences, and adult day care centers in Colorado to provide dementia training for their staff who directly care for residents or clients. This means that caregivers at these facilities will need to receive specific education on how to better support individuals with dementia. The bill affects both the Department of Public Health and Environment and the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, which are responsible for implementing the new rules. Since it has been signed, this law is now in effect and these departments must start working on creating the necessary regulations to enforce the training requirements.

Official Summary

The act requires the state board of health in the department of public health and environment, with regard to nursing care facilities and assisted living residences, and the medical services board in the department of health care policy and financing, with regard to adult day care facilities, to adopt rules requiring these facilities to provide dementia training for staff providing direct-care services to clients and residents of the facilities. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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